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Not gonna go into weather details. You’ve seen that from many other sources. Suffice it to say, across a lot of the US, it’s fekkin’ COLD!! The bomb cyclone hit my home area yesterday, and, while the snow was not a huge deal, the winds were. We had 40-50 mph gusts rattling windows all over…

I got off my ass and voted. But that’s not all. I became a poll worker for the first time yesterday. I was able to assist voters, and be a part of the process. It was a long day. I got up at 4:15 am and was at the polling site I was assigned to…

Cases involving Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two black men dead seemingly at the hands of white police officers cause no end of talk, rage, social media memes and public outrage. Grand juries, unable to find proof ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ that these deaths were criminally caused, seem hogtied by justice systems. Pundits share tidbits…

It was 4 years ago that my husband and I heard about the sudden death of an old friend. Scott had been sick, pneumonia, but instead of getting better he didn’t make it. His wife Maria was devastated. They’d only been married a few years, had just been able to buy a condo. I remember…

I was in class at City College of NY (yes, I am a middle aged college returnee), and a classmate, the professor and I were looking at an article in NY Metro News, one of the free handout papers. The article (shown here) is about people using the 3-1-1 service to harass neighbors, or other…